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A Tiger by the Tail

A longhorn bee, probably Melissodes agilis, has this

One of Buck Owens' signature songs that never failed to please his fan base was "I Got a Tiger by...

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Posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 4:22 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: longhorn bees (1), Melissodes agilis (15), Mexican sunflower (6), Papilio rutulus (1), pollinator garden (3), tiger by the tail (1), Tithonia (7), Western tiger swallowtail (1)

Let Us Prey!

A praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata (as identified by Andrew Pfeifer) clings to a showy milkweed leaf as she dines on a longhorn bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Everybody eats in the pollinator garden. Everybody. The pollinators in our garden in Vacaville,...

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Posted on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 4:53 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Andrew Pfeifer (1), longhorn bee (1), Melissodes agilis (15), praying mantis (2), Stagmomantis limbata (1)

Not a Good Way to Welcome an Admiral

A territorial male long-horned bee, probably Melissodes agilis, targets a Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It was not a good way to welcome an admiral. The Red Admiral butterfly, that is. The Vanessa...

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Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 5:35 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: longhorned bee (1), Melissodes agilis (15), Mexican sunflower (6), pollinator garden (3), Red Admiral butterfly (1), Tithonia (7), Vanessa atalanta (1)

Drama in the Pollinator Patch

A pollen-packing female longhorned bee, probably Melissodes agilis (as identified by Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis) wants the same flower that the male monarch has claimed. This is a Mexican sunflower, genus Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So here's this newly eclosed male monarch trying to sip a little nectar from a Mexican sunflower...

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Posted on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 4:53 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: California Bees and Blooms (1), Danaus plexippus (2), Greg Kareofelas (1), Heyday (1), Melissodes agilis (15), monarch butterfly (2), Robbin Thorp (5), Tithonia (7)

How to Plan a Menu for a Crab Spider

A crab spider dines on a sweat bee, a female Halictus tripartitus (as identified by native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Dear Crab Spider, Please don't eat the pollinators. You may help yourself to a mosquito, a crane...

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Posted on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 5:32 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: blanket flower (1), crab spider (1), Gaillardia (1), Halictus tripartitus (1), honey bee (2), long-horned bee (1), Melissodes agilis (15), Wait Watcher (1)

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